Poster: Mark Mettler <mettler@bulloch.net>
Happy Birthday to...
In 0427 Plato (BCE)
In 1471 Albrecht Durer, painter & printmaker, greatest German
Renaissance artist.
In 1527 Philip II, King of Spain
On this day...
In 0685 Battle at Nechtansmere: Picten beat Northumbrians
In 0996 Coronation of Otto III as Holy Roman Emperor
In 1040 King Henry III gives Utrecht the Groninger currency
In 1076 Execution of Earl Waltheof
In 1170 Death of St. Godric
In 1216 Treaty of Troyes-French King Charles VI gives France to
English
In 1254 Death of Conrad IV, King of Germany
In 1388 University of Cologne, Germany, chartered
In 1420 Betrothal of Henry VI, King of England, to Catherine de
Valois of France; England and France swear perpetual peace
In 1424 Coronation of James I, King of Scotland
In 1471 Edward IV, King of England, enters London
In 1471 Henry VI, deposed King of England, murdered in the Tower
In 1502 Discovery of St. Helena island
In 1536 The Reformation is adopted in Geneva, Switzerland
In 1542 Death of Hernando DeSoto
In 1553 English Lady Jane Grey marries Guildford Dudley
In 1565 Turkish troops attack Malta
In 1639 Death of Tommaso Campanella, philosopher
In 1650 Execution of Montrose
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